Abstract
The study examined the extent of the influence of teacher competencies and instructional strategies utilization for skill acquisition of office technology and management students in polytechnics in South-Western Nigeria. The study adopted descriptive survey design. Two research questions guided the study and two null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The population of the study consisted of 152 lecturers and instructors in all the accredited polytechnics in South-Western Nigeria. There was no sampling since the population was manageable. The data for the study was collected through questionnaire which was duly validated by three experts. With the use of Cronbach Alpha Reliability Test (CART), the reliability co-efficient calculated for the study was found to be 0.868 which indicated that the instrument for the study was reliable. Mean and standard deviation were the tools used to analyze the research questions while the hypotheses were tested using independent t-test statistics at 0.05 level of significance. The study found that teaching competencies has positive influence on skill acquisition among OTM students in polytechnics to a great extent. Based on these findings, it was concluded that lecturers are competent in teaching relevant skills to the students in polytechnics. It was therefore, recommended, among others, that the Lecturers should be trained and retrained in order to keep them abreast and competent with the current trends in curriculum and instruction of OTM courses and for effective service delivery.
Highlights
There is no doubt that the future of business education as a discipline depends on the readiness of business Education teachers to impart the knowledge and skills of technology to Office Technology and Management students
Purpose of the Study The main purpose of this study is to examine the influence of teacher competencies and instructional strategies on office technology and management students’ skill acquisition as perceived by polytechnics business educators in South-Western Nigeria
The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of teacher competencies and instructional strategies used by teachers for office Technology and management students’ skill acquisition as perceived by polytechnics business educators in south-western Nigeria
Summary
There is no doubt that the future of business education as a discipline depends on the readiness of business Education teachers to impart the knowledge and skills of technology to Office Technology and Management students. The need for business education teachers to acquire modern office technology skills can, not be overstressed as this is indispensable if teachers are to impart these skills to the students so that they would be adequately prepared for the demands of the current technological innovations in business offices. These are supposed to handle mainly theoretical aspects of pedagogy; while Instructors are teachers with polytechnic and technical background. This category of teachers handle mainly the practical/technical aspects of teaching. While Instructors pride themselves in the knowledge of practical secretarial skills, the Lecturers often deride their lack of theoretical depth; the relationship between the Lecturers and Instructors is often conflict-prone
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